SEATTLE, WA USA – REAL Trends recently published their annual ‘Real Estate Website Rankings’ to acknowledge the best brokerage website designs and strategies in the country. Six out of eight of the winning companies are members of the Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate network, as well as 20 of the 32 runner up companies. Keeping up with current technology is vital in the modern real estate world, and recognition from REAL Trends shows that Who's Who members understand the importance of a clean, useful, and charming website to provide clients with up-to-date resources to buy and sell luxury homes.

The Who’s Who members who have been honored with these esteemed awards are:

Of the nearly 750 real estate websites analyzed, five technology experts narrowed down the entries to the top 25 websites, then a group of 70 panelists made up of real estate chief technology and marketing officers from across The United States voted on the best websites in each of the eight categories. The full list of winners can be found at realtrends.com/2015-website-rankings/index.html.

Since 1987, REAL Trends has been the trusted source for news, analysis, and information for the residential real estate industry. Residential real estate leaders look to them for timely and trusted information and analysis through their monthly newsletter, conferences, and publications. They provide vital data and insight into market trends that are imperative to the luxury real estate community, and inclusion in their ‘Real Estate Website Rankings’ is a high honor.

LuxuryRealEstate.com, a Webby Award Honoree, has been voted ‘Best of the Web’ by Forbes magazine multiple times, praised by the International Herald Tribune, Town & Country, The Wall Street Journal and has been ranked ‘Best Website’ by consumer surveys. Since its debut in 1995, LuxuryRealEstate.com has remained the #1 portal for luxury properties on the internet and has several times more $1,000,000+ content of any near-peer.

Known in the industry since 1986 as the Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate network, a global collection of the finest luxury real estate brokers in the world, this group of more than 130,000 professionals in more than 85 countries collectively sells in excess of $190 billion of real estate annually. Members are selected by Chairman/Publisher John Brian Losh, one of REALTOR Magazine's 25 Most Influential People in Real Estate and broker of fine properties and estates through his Seattle-based brokerage firm, Ewing & Clark, Inc. Luxury Real Estate has been recognized by the Webby Awards, has received “Best of the Web” by Forbes Magazine, honored with an ADDY Award for Excellence in Web Design, deemed “Best Website” by consumer surveys, ranked in the Inc. 5000 List, noted as one of the 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies by Puget Sound Business Journal, and recognized by the Maggie Awards.